As open as possible, as closed as necessary: What does this mean in practice?
Abstract
"As open as possible, as closed as necessary" has been adopted as policy by research institutions, funders, governments and publishers internationally, but there is often a lack of guidance for individual researchers about how to implement it in their research. This talk looks at some of the challenges and provides tips for putting the mantra into practice.
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“As open as possible, as closed as necessary” What does this mean in practice? Huw Haugland-Grange (except where indicated)
“As open as possible, as closed as necessary”
“beautifully phrased… [but] very difficult to pin down in practice” (De la Cueva & Méndez 2022)
Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable FAIR principles
Open data Accessible What is “Accessible” NOT?
Transparency about how data can be accessed Accessible What IS “Accessible”?
Open data: why NOT? National security Intellectual property rights Confidentiality and privacy Sacred & secret Indigenous knowledge Rare, threatened or endangered species Legal process and public order UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science (2021)
FAIR and open data Archive in a trusted open data repository Discipline-specific where possible Otherwise institutional (e.g. DataverseNO) Failing that, catch-all (e.g. Zenodo) Curation?